The N.F.L. has outlined the steps teams must take before players can return to training facilities, the latest attempt by the league to return to business as usual in an off-season that has largely been conducted virtually. Yet while the league claimed the protocols were created in cooperation with the N.F.L. Players Association, the union’s […] More
The players and coaches of Saarbrücken aren’t making the typical hopeful pregame predictions one might expect from heavy underdogs as they prepare to play Bayer Leverkusen in the German Cup on Tuesday. “If you are honest, we have no chance,” midfielder Tobias Jänicke told the German news media. “We lose 99 out of 100 games […] More
As sports try to improve the spectacle of games in empty stadiums, the myth and mystery of Arsenal’s North Bank mural offers an idea, and a warning. More
The city of Minneapolis taught me about love. I was baptized at New Beginnings Baptist Tabernacle Church, learned to catch a football at Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park, and instilled with values by a loving family and a supportive community. My mother and father raised us in this beautiful city full of life […] More
The protracted debate in the N.F.L. over players protesting racial injustice during the national anthem reignited with force on Friday as President Trump rekindled his war with the league over the issue and the league’s commissioner, Roger Goodell, issued his strongest support yet for the players seeking to fight racism and police brutality. In an […] More
Some demonstrators, and in some cases the police, have paused to kneel, recalling the manner of George Floyd’s death and the gesture by Colin Kaepernick. More
On shirts, on social media and even on one knee, players are lending their support, and their high profiles, to the protests sweeping first the United States and then the world. More
The fury unleashed on Drew Brees came fast. The New Orleans Saints quarterback said in an interview Wednesday that he would never agree with N.F.L. players who knelt during the national anthem to protest police brutality, and he was immediately condemned. A host of players, including some of his teammates, responded with statements of their […] More
